MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2009

Today is Monday, April 27, the 117th day of 2009. There are 248 days left in the year.

4977 B.C. _ Johannes Kepler's date for creation of universe

1509 _ Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice

1526 _ Mogol King Babur beats sultan of Delhi

1565 _ First Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms

1861 _ President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus

1956 _ Heavyweight champion, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing

1960 _ South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns

1983 _ Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson

1989 _ Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China

1994 _ President Richard Nixon buried in Nixon Library in California